By ALICIA LEONARD The rains started late last Wednesday and by Saturday, Mar. 28, Walton County had declared a local state of emergency due to road closings and damages. Gusts of wind, downpours and now rising rivers from the rainfall have all cut a swath of damage throughout Walton County. Walton County Public Information Officer [...]

Grayton Beach noise ordinance may go countywide By DOTTY NIST Walton County commissioners will be considering whether a simpler approach may work better when it comes to dealing with noise complaints. In 2003, Walton County adopted Ordinance 2003-09, a noise ordinance applying to all of the area south of the bay with the exception of [...]

Staff Reports The community of Villa Tasso recently got an extreme makeover, thanks to District 4 Commissioner Sara Comander. Villa Tasso is a Choctawhatchee Bay community in the southwest corner of District 4. For decades, the residents had endured mostly dirt roads, excessive stormwater run-off and other problems. Residents reported no major improvements had been [...]

By BRUCE COLLIER A DeFuniak Springs man has been arrested and booked for taking a deer at night and for road hunting, following discovery of the body of a deer near U.S. 331 South, near the Waffle House restaurant in DeFuniak Springs. DeFuniak Springs Police reported that they received a call at 12:35 on the [...]

Staff Reports A March 22 report of domestic violence involving a weapon resulted in two arrests on charges of trafficking in methamphetamine and possession of precursor chemicals and drug paraphernalia.

Staff Reports A collision on Interstate 10 left one person dead and a one-year-old child with minor injuries. The accident occurred at around 5:16 p.m. on March 27, near mile marker 83 on I-10. Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) investigator Trooper Matthew Blansit reported that two vehicles were traveling west on I-10 in the outside lane. [...]

By PATRICK CASEY The Walton Braves put the “never-say-die” concept to good use on Wednesday afternoon as the home team rallied from a 9-2 deficit with eight runs over the final two innings to defeat Glenwood, Alabama, 10-9 in a high school baseball contest. Walton plated seven runs in the bottom of the sixth inning [...]